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Dr Eleanor Nwadinobi

Hello, am Dr. Eleanor Nwadinobi a medical doctor and gender & human rights consultant. I am currently a manager with the Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP), a peace building programme managed by the British Council and funded by UK aid. I am vying for the position of International President-Elect of Medical Women's International Association (MWIA).

Nigeria is currently one of highest contributors to MWIA. Nigeria contributes meaningfully through her technical expertise and numbers to MWIA
2. Africa region contributes negatively to health indices such as maternal mortality, HIV/ AIDS, TB,HTPs and this opportunity provides the channel for prioritising and addressing them
3. In the 100 year history of MWIA we have only had 2 presidents from Africa
4. This is the first time in the 100 year history of the Association, that Nigeria is presenting a candidate for International President -elect .

Working through the ranks over 34 years
Serving of all MWIA committees
Serving as Finance chair
Leadership of other International Boards
Human rights activism and advocacy for 20 years
Networking
As a Change agent for women's rights
Initiator of the Women's Rights to Health Information ( WORTHI) campaign
Mentoring
Publishing and writing

All SDGs have an impact on health, however, I intend to prioritise and focus on the health related SDGs. These included the following goals:

1.Poverty - End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2.Food - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3.Health - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
5.Women - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6. Water - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7. Energy - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and clean energy for all
10. Inequality - Reduce inequality within and among countries
13 Climate - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

The actualisation of these goals will depend on a large extent to the political will of Governments to deliver on their mandates and for civil society to create the appropriate demand. MWIA is best positioned to carry out strategic advocacy with Government and to galvanise civil society into monitoring and reporting.

1. I will strengthen South - South cooperation through learning from best practices and research findings in similar circumstances as well as promoting the use of eHealth technology; such as e- learning, medical virtual universities, telemedicine and other ICT applications

2. Young female doctors are at the centre of the future of MWIA and their meaningful participation is crucial. Mentoring will be the key approach, providing more opportunities for participation through presentations and committee positions. Information on Training and scholarship options will be widely circulated. Instituting a saving scheme for attendance to 3 yearly International congresses will ensure that young doctors can attend .

3. Male involvement in eliminating VAWG has been proven to be successful. I propose that MWIA embarks on Identifying and working with male champions for VAWG prevention and celebrating outstanding individuals.